Researching the Coxe Family Tree

Dig into the past of the Coxe Family History using the links below.
We hope you find this information useful whilst you are unearthing your Coxe Family Tree !

Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 58 people with the Coxe surname? In that year Coxe was ranked number 3521 for popularity in the UK.

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Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the
Coxe surname or get a copy of the Coxe family Crest (a great gift idea!).

Coxe records on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Coxe family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Coxe ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Coxe Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coxe Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Coxe family tree.

View the distribution of the Coxe surname in Britain using the
public profiler Names database. The public profiler Names database contains distributions for
the Coxe surname in both 1881 and 1998. It also contains data on the ethnicity breakdown of the Coxe surname.

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Some Famous People with the surname of Coxe

Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 ? July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788-1789, and a key anti-Federalist, writing under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian".

Louis Osborne Coxe (April 15, 1918 - May 25, 1993) was an American poet, playwright, essayist, and professor who was recognized by the Academy of American Poets for his "long, powerful, quiet accomplishment, largely unrecognized, in lyric poetry.